'Parliamentary Union of the Party of God')[2] was a parliamentary group in the Iranian Parliament between 1996 and 2000.
It has been described as "a moderate grouping of legislative members positioned in the counterpoint of Hezbollah [fraction]"[3] and a "parliamentary alliance" between the modernist right and the Islamic left.
[2] Its leader was Abdollah Nouri,[3] who was later succeeded by Majid Ansari.
[4] It was founded in 1996 mainly by the candidates included in the electoral list of the right-wing Executives of Construction, which according to Banks et al., is believed to have won 90 to 100 seats.
[5] The group was supportive of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani[6] and endorsed Mohammad Khatami in his successful bid for 1997 Iranian presidential election,[3] before declaring their support for candidacy of Mir-Hossein Mousavi.